come with me to the Aria to experience a 400 dollar event in the Aria Poker
Classic just outside the poker room we're gonna check it out as a little
warm-up for the 565 Colossus in a few days but doing well online gonna ride
this momentum to great success in the live arena 30 minute levels 20,000
starting chips should be a fun day one reentry available maximum R in fur is
800 this will count for the bankroll challenge
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with blinds at 100 200 we're under the gun 9 handed with two black Kings
praised up to six hundred under the gun plus one calls under the gun plus two
calls and we get three more callers the flop comes Queen ten five two spades
I think we have to bat for valor in the field under the gun plus one calls and
then a seven year old woman snap jams 22000 out of the gun plus two everyone
folds to be try just put around a screen Queen Jack nut flush draw
gamble it up on Irvine's deep or do we put in a discipline fold with an over
pair
tough spot but we fold pocket kings
other guy folds I asked her to please show and she shows pocket aces dodged a
bullet there the blinds had 200 and 300 300 middle position raises to 1000 the
button calls I'm in the small blind with pocket tens good squeeze but just put in
the call see what happened big line comes along or ways to applaud flop
comes King 10 feet with two diamonds I check big blinds shoves all in for 7,200
original RAZR folds button calls we have about 20,000 behind and we shove all in
let's hope we can fade the combo draw here button tanks and eventually puts in
the call with 10 8 big blind has King 8 let's hold the turn is a 5 of diamonds
giving the 10 8 a backdoor diamond draw and the river is a 3 of Hearts huge pot
50,000 ships our way we're now on first break at the aria
raise up east jack big blind defends flop comes King ten seven he checks we
bet 1700 he makes it five thousand and we fold been playing very tight very
card dead for over an hour action folds the high Jack who opens for
1500 AD 300 600 we're on the button with ten four of Spades I love a good suited
five gapper so we put in the 3x to 4500 the blinds fold and original RAZR folds
take it down only pot we won for those three levels
we now have 35,000 going to 400 800 800
blinds at 400 800 800 runs the gun with pocket kings so we make it 2,000
we get two callers both on the blinds the flop comes King King five holy
that's right we flopped quads no fluster on board they check and with the dead
cripple I check the turn is the ten of hearts
putting a flush draw of their small blind bets three thousand big blind
calls three thousand so we continued the slow play put in the call hoping for a
flush hit the river rivers a jack hopefully someone hit it straight small
blind checks and the big blind checks so I don't think we can check back we got
to hope to extract some value from a two pair type of hand sweep at 6500 and both
players full with blinds add 400 800 800 middle position opens to 2100 this
players been clicking some buttons to say the least
burn the cutoff with East eight of clubs now I could definitely could three bet
this hand but I'd rather take the lower variance route and play post flop in
position hopefully cooler someone flush over flush so you put in the call and
the blinds fold the flop comes King Queen nine and two clubs he bets 2500
and we put in the call he turn is an off suit five and he checks looks like he's
giving up with a under pair maybe a hair philostrate draw type hand
ten Queen ten definitely could take a free card here but we want to build the
pot or just win it right here so we've had 5500 and he puts in the call the
river is a three of Hearts don't see anyway our ace high is good
here he puts it each X sometimes you just got a man up and go for it
Bluff with ace high we bet 15,000 and he puts in the fold of love works holy crap
what are the odds of that
like a million bucks but my money don't really feel like I do it from the ground
I build my own dad bus people was amazed I was still a high school there's a
famous quote above it's not about what happens to you it's about how you react
to it it couldn't be any more true in tournament poker I've lost more hands
than I can count it still hurts not getting mad the level of man depends
upon various factors but I think it's best if you can shake off all the times
you lose and really relish in the pure joy excitement and ecstasy you feel
every pot you win but it ain't about how hard you hit it's about how hard you can
get hit and keep moving forward how much you can take and keep moving forward
that's how weird it is done so enjoy the good times and shake off the bad times
you're gonna lose a lot of hands in a No Limit Hold'em tournament a lot of
adversity will come your way it's all about staying positive and stay in the
zone go with your gut 18 players remain 11
pay supplies in pressure on this final table to play me in a bronze we go take